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Need your help! - Masters thesis / research paper
Hi there,

within the final stage of my masters thesis I need to conduct a survey concerning "Advertising Appeal for Corporate Websites". I would appreciate your participation in my online survey/questionnaire.
The reason for this survey is to investigate how complex a website has to be to be most attractive to a customer/user. It would be very nice if you attend to this survey!

Please, just follow the link down below:

Of course your data will be taken very confidential and no inferences will link to you. the data will be used only for private and scientific purposed for sake of the masters thesis. As well all data is received totally anonymously!!!

Thank you for your support.

Best regards
Fabian Schwarz
Dresden University of Technology

PS:
If you have any questions or concerns about this survey, please do not hesitate to contact me - fabian.schwarz1@mailbox.tu-dresden.de

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This thread is about a masters thesis survey on "Advertising Appeal for Corporate Websites." Given 's report of an HTTP 404 while sees the page locally, the mismatch usually points to a hosting/URL/access issue rather than a problem with the questionnaire itself. Below are compact, practical diagnostics for plus a few research-minded suggestions to avoid the same problem for future recruits.

  1. Confirm the exact published URL (case sensitivity, trailing slash, file extension).
  2. Reproduce from multiple networks/devices (mobile cellular, home Wi‑Fi, institutional). A quick diagnostic is curl -I <URL> to inspect the HTTP status and headers.
  3. Check webserver access and error logs for 404 entries and the requested path/time to see whether requests reached the host.
  4. Verify the target file exists in the webroot, has correct permissions, and that any index file is present.
  5. Inspect rewrite rules or CMS routing (/.htaccess or Nginx config) for accidental redirects to nonexisting paths.
  6. If hosted on an institutional server, confirm the site is published for external users and not restricted to VPN/local networks; purge CDN/DNS caches if DNS changed recently.

For distribution and data quality: consider a managed survey host (Google Forms, Qualtrics, SurveyMonkey, LimeSurvey) to avoid hosting hiccups and gain built‑in export, mobile layout, and duplicate-response controls. Keep the instrument short (aim <10 minutes), pilot with 10–15 people, use clear consent language about anonymity and data use, and confirm IRB/ethics requirements. To limit bogus responses, use a subtle attention check or timing filter rather than heavy CAPTCHAs if anonymity was promised; if IP addresses are logged, state that explicitly or disable logging.

’s 404 is most likely a server-side or network visibility problem; ’s point about advertising is apt but better served after the link is confirmed working. Fixing the hosting or publishing a mirror on a managed survey platform will increase reach and trust, and will likely resolve the reported 404 quickly.

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The reason for this survey is to investigate how complex a website has to be to be most attractive to a customer/user. It would be very nice if you attend to this survey!

The link doesn't work. I got an error 404.

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It works at my computer!

I will have a look at! Thanks for your information.

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Good way of advertising.

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